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i No. 556,557. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. SARGENT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANIVASIIBOARD COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,557, dated March17, 1896.

A Application filed February 26,1895. Serial No. 539,733. (N0 model.)

To all whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T.SARGENT, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyah oga and State ofOhio, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements inW'ashboards, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in theconstruction of washboard-protectors described and shown in LettersPatent No. 417,880, dated December 24, 1889, whereby the pivotalprotector shown therein may be adapted for supporting the soap aboveeither face of the washboard, and protecting the same, as well as theoperator, as against the splashing up of water.

In general terms, the invention consists in the construction andcombination substantially as hereinaftermore fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of aWashboard having my improvement applied thereto.

In the practice of my invention the Washboard, as regards itsrubbing-face 1, side bars 2, cross-bar 3, and head-piece 4, isconstructed in the usual or any suitable manner, except that thehead-piece is formed on the arc of a circle, so as to permit of thereversal of the protector from side to side of the washboard. Theprotector 5 is pivotally connected to the washboard-frame, so as to bereversed over the head-piece by straps 6, firmly attached at one end tothe ends of the protector, while the opposite ends are pivotallyconnected to the frame. On the inner edge of the protector is secured aboard 7 in such manner as to project on both sides of the protector, andthe board is preferably made of such a Width as to project on each sideof the protector a distance approximately equal to the width of theprotector itself.

It will be observed that the protector and one portion of the backboard, when the former is adjusted to operative position above one ofthe faces, will form a receptacle for the soap, and when the protectoris reversed to the opposite side it, in connection with another portionof the back board, will form a similar receptacle. In both cases thereceptacle is above the protector, so that the latter will protect thesoap from contact with the water.

WVhen the protector is in operative position above one face, the portionof the back board below the same will bear against the frame of thewashboard, and thereby hold the protector in position, while the portionof the back board above the protector will serve as a support for thebody of the operator.

I claim herein as my invention 1. In combination with a double-facedWashboard, a protector pivotally connected to the frame of the board,and reversible over the head-piece from position of use above one faceto a corresponding position above the opposite face, and a back piecemovable and reversible with the protector, and projecting at an angleon-both sides of the protector, thereby forming a soap-receptacle abovethe protector ineither position of the latter, substantially as setforth.

2. In combination with a washboard, a protector pivotally connected tothe frame of the board, a back piece on the protector projecting at anangle from the upper side of the same, and a brace or support to holdthe protector and back piece in operative position, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES T. SARGENT.

WVitnesses:

J. M. GOEHAM, I. H. LocKWooD, Jr.

